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Here are a couple posts that garnered a lot of attention over the past week. Hope you enjoy them and be sure to follow us for a ton of World Junior coverage. If you use Twitter you can follow us at @TheHockeyWriter

5 Ways to Ruin an NHL Prospect

In sports it is a common practice to learn by example. Typically, the NHL executives mimic the ways of the most successful organizations. However, there is also something to be said for learning from the mistakes of others. The Buffalo Sabres provide us with a prime example of how NOT to handle a prospect. Since the end of the 2012-13 lockout, the team has done just about everything wrong while trying to develop Mikhail Grigorenko.

Throw Him Into the Fire

After being drafted in 2012, Grigorenko found himself on the Sabres roster when the lockout concluded. Many questioned whether he was ready to make the jump straight to the NHL. But after a promising training camp, he started the season in Buffalo. Despite only having marginal success through his first few games, he was kept on the roster past his allotted trial time that would allow him to return to his junior hockey team without burning a year off of his contract.

Read the rest here...Blues’ Alex Steen Faces An Inevitable Regression

A large part of the St. Louis Blues’ success in the early part of the 2013-14 season can be attributed to the incredibly productive play of the team’s first line – or, more specifically, Alex Steen. Having amassed 31 points in the first 25 games of the season, Steen is well on his way to topping his career high of 51. His current pace, however, is far from sustainable. Let’s take a look at the evidence behind that, beginning with intuitive facts and comparisons and later moving on to some advanced statistics. Full Story here...

  Hockey Books

Also - take a look at our Hockey Book Section. We now have a spot where we keep you up to date on all of our book reviews. We try to look at all the new releases and let you know which ones are best. Take a look here...